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Cruise lines are banking on regular sailings next year

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INTERNATIONAL

The largest cruise companies, Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Royal Norwegian, expect no sailings from US ports until at least November. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down global…

Investors will step up corporate governance monitoring

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INTERNATIONAL

Corporate governance.

Differing priorities of age groups polarise politics

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INT

There are more people over than under 40 in high-income nations; this could exacerbate political polarisation

Israel’s high-tech industry may plateau

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ISRAEL

This was on top of a record 3.2 billion dollars of new investment capital raised by such companies in the first half of the year. Start-up fundraising, a key metric of…

Wealth shifts across ages will exacerbate inequalities

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INT

Huge wealth transfers from those currently over 60 to the under-60s in the coming decades will have broad implications

Vaccines will drive financial markets over US politics

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INTERNATIONAL

Divided government provides scope for volatility at a perilous time for the pandemic-ravaged US economy, but markets are putting greater weight on the prospect of a vaccine…

Shifts elsewhere could build up Polish policy doubts

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POLAND

Poland's rating, therefore, remains at A2, despite persistent concerns about the policies of its one-year-old nationalist government, in particular, the threats to the…

Oil majors need to balance new and legacy investments

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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL: Oil majors balance new and old spending

US yield inversion signals recession within 1-2 years

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UNITED STATES

Predicting recessions.

Pressure rises on Hungary’s central bank to hike rates

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The long-anticipated change in ECB policy is contributing to the recent tightening in financial conditions. The credibility of central banks in Central Europe (CE), where…